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The Entrepreneur as Practitioner/Philosopher
The divide between philosophy and action has continually widened for centuries. Particularly in the 20th century, when people began to believe that education for most people was applied skills training, and only the most theoretically inclined were encouraged to study ideas. Even for those who chose to study philosophy, their education was intended to prepare […]
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Empiricism Is NOT The Answer
The current study of economics in an academic setting is extremely overrun by empiricists. Empiricism is a method of study that involves primarily driving conclusions from what can be observed rather than first principles. Empiricism links the validity of every idea back to observable points of evidence that can be used to support it. While […]
Anaxagoras and Societal Nous
Anaxagoras developed a vision of matter that can deeply impact our own understanding of societal frameworks. He wrote that within each part of matter in the material world, there was potential for all other parts. Each bit of matter was infinitely divisible, and could become anything based on the bidding of the Nous. This Nous […]
Three Millenia, Three Standards the US Government Isn’t Meeting
In order to understand the failings of the current American government system, it is necessary to understand where it violates ideological principles of good government. Great thinkers throughout time have all put forward visions of effective rule that have been continuously violated by our current regime for years. Ancient philosophers and modern skeptics have extremely […]
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